2021-03-04 at 04:56:42
Dana Sala from University of Oradea
will present Shadow Behaviors in Philip Rothʼs Novel ˮExit Ghost”
Abstract
Disconnected from people, from the spectacle of false realities at display on television, Nathan Zuckerman, Philip Rothʼs fictional character, becomes in ”Exit Ghostˮ a truth-seeker of deeper connections. At the age of 71, he is the only one who can bring equity against some false accusations surrounding the memory of his revered master writer, Lonoff. In order to be able to defend memory in a restorative sense, Nathan must confront his own shadow figures and nevertheless preserve his trust in humanitarian values. Torn between survival into a post 9/11 brutal world and the conscience of higher ideals for humanity, Nathan Zuckermanʼs generation confronts a new anxiety. The writerʼs role in society has changed. Is a writer still capable of showing how to spend time in someone elseʼs shoes now that the self and the world have become even more distorted?
In section
American Literature